The average bonus for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday rose by 13% year on year to VND8.69 million per employee, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

A wide range of new economic policies and legal provisions will come into force in January 2026, covering taxation, advertising, land use, minimum wages, public finance, railways, technology transfer and statistics, among others.

VOV.VN - As many as 61,631 Vietnamese workers went abroad to work during the first five months of 2025, representing 47.4% of the yearly plan, according to the Department of Overseas Labour Management (DOLAB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

VOV.VN - The current personal income tax deductions and progressive tax brackets are increasingly outdated amid rising living costs, increasing minimum wages, and fluctuating real incomes, all of which requires tax policy reforms to ensure fairness and encourage labour participation.

Regarding the case of a Japanese company failing to pay wages to Vietnamese workers, the Labour Management Board of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has taken action to assist workers in solving the issue.

VOV.VN - Politicians, former leaders of anti-war student movements, war veterans, and American journalists from the United States, shared their personal experiences, perspectives, and lessons learned from the US war in Vietnam decades ago at a public policy forum organised on October 1 by the University of Vermont.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will conduct a wage survey at 3,400 enterprises with 6,800 labourers to serve as a foundation for the adjustment of the regional minimum wage in 2025.

A consultation workshop on the draft dossier for the accession to the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970 (Convention 13) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has proposed delaying a salary negotiation meeting until the fourth quarter of 2023 because there is not enough scientific and practical basis to propose a time to adjust the regional minimum wage. ​

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economic resilience and competitive wages are both prominent factors in attracting investment from international firms, with 28% of respondents in the HSBC Global Connections’ survey naming these as the most important reasons behind their investment decisions in the country.